Overview

• Meeting in Mumbai, the prime ministers highlighted expanded cooperation across digital infrastructure, defense, critical minerals and education tied to their recently signed pact.
• Keir Starmer said he wants implementation "as quickly as humanly possible," and both governments signaled plans to bring the agreement into effect within the next year.
• India’s commerce ministry said trade ministers agreed to reposition the Joint Economic and Trade Committee to oversee implementation and delivery of the agreement.
• Starmer’s office announced that 64 Indian companies will invest £1.3 billion in the UK during the visit, which featured the largest-ever British trade delegation to India.
• Education and security steps included plans for nine UK university campuses in India, new military training cooperation, and deeper collaboration on AI and clean energy including an offshore wind taskforce.